New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-05
I1BOR'S NEED.

At first glance Senator Stanford's able
statement in favor of cooperation and Mr..
! Atkinson's striking address on the distribu-
ton of products of industry may appear to be
antagonistic But in reality they complement
each other Mr.. Atkinson presents a truth,
and Senator Stanford shows how that truth
can be most successfully taught TO the wage
carncrs, who most need to understand and
profit by it.
The bottom Of all labor troubles is that
workers do not comprehend the service rem
dcrcd by capital, fail entirely to measure It's
value to the working people themselves or to
the community, and so fail to get right idea
Of the returns TO which capital is entitled.
Not seeing that it would be immcaSurably
harmful TO labor TO bring about such state
Of things that more capital should not DC saved
and applied TO productive enterprise, they I'M
aClne that they are serving their own interests
if they take steps Of unjust hostility to capital.
whereas they are in reality their own worst
enemies.
There is no other way TO inform the workers
respecting the services and value OF capital so
quickly and effectively as by making them
sharcrs in the business profits of their indus
Try. Then they begin TO consider how those
profits can he increased, and il dawns upon
them that the only sure way TO make them
larger, in tho long run, is to increase the ell
cheney Of labor The next step Is to see that
shorter hours, trades regulations which limit
the productivencss Of work, and all such en-
barTassments and obstacles to the highest at
tainabe production, take from the wages OF
labor That may be good thing the worker
NAV be better off when he works less, gets
paid less. and has more time for other things.
But it is a vital necessity for him TO understand
that he cannot cut down production without
cutting down his own wages, unless he takes
from other workers part of what they earn.
or else takes from capital the nduccment to
engage in productive industry. If the former.
no robs others if the latter, he robs himself.
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The proposed legislation in regard to the Brook
yn Bridge Is decidedly ambiguous 1t provides
that the trustees NAY acquire by purchase OF by
right of eminent domain such additional real
estate at the terminus Of the Bridge in the city
Of Brooklyn as they may deem necessary for proper
access and approach TO said Bridge, and for de-
pots Platforms switches, and for all
other terminal facilities proper and con-
venient for tho railroad over the Bridge
If this means that the trustees may run the Bridge
railway up to the Brooklyn City Hall, why is
not this purpose plainly eXpressedP Such
scheme ought to be carried out openly, II at all.
The Board Of Trustees now made up however,
is only temporary body. reorganization OF
| the Bridge management is inevitable in the near
future The less the power given TO the trustees
the better.
| 10 Inquirer No, do not believe that any
arsenic waters that were ever made could improve
the complexion of the dark record which Hill and
his fellow Democrats have been making ut AL
bany this winter.
The policeman who brtally dubbed young
man for the trining offence of playing an accor-
dion in the street should be promptly drummed
out of the force TO the music Of the Rogue's
| March. So vicious and dangerous brute should
| not be permitted TO WELD club for day longer
He should be suspended from duty Immediately
should receive q speedy trial, and the department
should be relieved Of his degrading presence as
quickly Us the proceedings can be put through.
1t is TO be hoped also that the unfortunate ac-
cord ion player Will take criminal proceedings
against tho rlfiian.
Dempsey the pugilist, like Sullivan the pugilist,
has broken his arm This is very well 80 far as
it goes, but the cause Of good morals would have
been better satisfied in both instances If the break
age had been Of the neck.
With praiseworthy franlness and good sense
The New-York World acknowledges the COM
plete failure OF its energetic efforts to identify
the murdered girl at Railway as Anna Larsen.
IL must regret little the tremendous display OF
double leads illustrations and startling head